MapsModelsImporter

Important A new command line option is recommended in the Chrome custom shortcut, namely --disable_direct_composition=1. This prevents the GPU process from restarting.

Requirement

This add-on requires specific versions of Blender, Chrome and RenderDoc. You can try with other versions but please try these before reporting an issue.

• Windows: This add-on is not available on Linux nor MacOS for technical reasons.
• Blender 4.1: https://www.blender.org/download/
• RenderDoc 1.31: https://renderdoc.org/builds (Do not use a newer version than 1.31!)
• Google Chrome (last version) -- or Microsoft Edge, started with a modified shortcut pointing to:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "SET RENDERDOC_HOOK_EGL=0 && START "" ^"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe^" --disable-gpu-sandbox --gpu-startup-dialog --disable_direct_composition=1"

For more information, see walkthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Q7dbtXVZQ

Troubleshooting

See FAQ: https://github.com/eliemichel/MapsModelsImporter#troubleshooting
If you report an issue PLEASE PROVIDE A .rdc FILE!

Changelog

• Update to Blender 4.1 (Python 3.11)
• Update to RenderDoc 1.31
• Add --disable_direct_composition=1 options in instructions

Contributors

@eliemichel

Requirement

This add-on requires specific versions of Blender, Chrome and RenderDoc. You can try with other versions but please try these before reporting an issue.

• Windows: This add-on is not available on Linux nor MacOS for technical reasons.
• Blender 3.4: https://www.blender.org/download/
• RenderDoc 1.25: https://renderdoc.org/builds (Do not use a newer version than 1.25!)
• Google Chrome (last version) -- or Microsoft Edge, started with a modified shortcut pointing to:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "SET RENDERDOC_HOOK_EGL=0 && START "" ^"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe^" --disable-gpu-sandbox --gpu-startup-dialog"

For more information, see walkthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Q7dbtXVZQ

Troubleshooting

See FAQ: https://github.com/eliemichel/MapsModelsImporter#troubleshooting
If you report an issue PLEASE PROVIDE A .rdc FILE!

Changelog

• Handle better block skew and scale in Maps CZ

Contributors

@eliemichel

Requirement

This add-on requires specific versions of Blender, Chrome and RenderDoc. You can try with other versions but please try these before reporting an issue.

• Windows: This add-on is not available on Linux nor MacOS for technical reasons.
• Blender 3.4: https://www.blender.org/download/
• RenderDoc 1.25: https://renderdoc.org/builds
• Google Chrome (last version) -- or Microsoft Edge, started with a modified shortcut pointing to:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "SET RENDERDOC_HOOK_EGL=0 && START "" ^"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe^" --disable-gpu-sandbox --gpu-startup-dialog"

For more information, see walkthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Q7dbtXVZQ

Troubleshooting

See FAQ: https://github.com/eliemichel/MapsModelsImporter#troubleshooting
If you report an issue PLEASE PROVIDE A .rdc FILE!

Changelog

• Make draw call batch detection more robust for last versions of Chrome/Maps

Contributors

@eliemichel

Requirement

This add-on requires specific versions of Blender, Chrome and RenderDoc. You can try with other versions but please try these before reporting an issue.

• Windows: This add-on is not available on Linux nor MacOS for technical reasons.
• Blender 3.4: https://www.blender.org/download/
• RenderDoc 1.25: https://renderdoc.org/builds
• Google Chrome (last version) -- or Microsoft Edge, started with a modified shortcut pointing to:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "SET RENDERDOC_HOOK_EGL=0 && START "" ^"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe^" --disable-gpu-sandbox --gpu-startup-dialog"

For more information, see walkthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Q7dbtXVZQ

Troubleshooting

See FAQ: https://github.com/eliemichel/MapsModelsImporter#troubleshooting
If you report an issue PLEASE PROVIDE A .rdc FILE!

Changelog

• Port to RenderDoc 1.25

Contributors

@eliemichel

Requirement

This add-on requires specific versions of Blender, Chrome and RenderDoc. You can try with other versions but please try these before reporting an issue.

• Windows: This add-on is not available on Linux nor MacOS for technical reasons.
• Blender 3.3: https://www.blender.org/download/
• RenderDoc 1.19: https://renderdoc.org/builds
• Google Chrome (last version) -- or Microsoft Edge, started with a modified shortcut pointing to:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "SET RENDERDOC_HOOK_EGL=0 && START "" ^"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe^" --disable-gpu-sandbox --gpu-startup-dialog"

For more information, see walkthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Q7dbtXVZQ

Troubleshooting

See FAQ: https://github.com/eliemichel/MapsModelsImporter#troubleshooting
If you report an issue PLEASE PROVIDE A .rdc FILE!

Changelog

• Port to Blender 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3
• Port to RenderDoc 1.19
• Start profiling and optimizing a bit (the true bottleneck is texture writing and disk I/O)
• Fix duplicate issue (all blocks where duplicated)

Contributors

@eliemichel

Requirement

This add-on requires specific versions of Blender, Chrome and RenderDoc. You can try with other versions but please try these before reporting an issue.

• Windows: This add-on is not available on Linux nor MacOS for technical reasons.
• Blender 3.1: https://www.blender.org/download/
• RenderDoc 1.19: https://renderdoc.org/builds
• Google Chrome (last version) -- or Microsoft Edge, started with a modified shortcut pointing to:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "SET RENDERDOC_HOOK_EGL=0 && START "" ^"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe^" --disable-gpu-sandbox --gpu-startup-dialog"

For more information, see walkthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Q7dbtXVZQ

Troubleshooting

See FAQ: https://github.com/eliemichel/MapsModelsImporter#troubleshooting
If you report an issue PLEASE PROVIDE A .rdc FILE!

Changelog

• Port to Blender 3.1
• Port to RenderDoc 1.19
• Start profiling and optimizing a bit (the true bottleneck is texture writing and disk I/O)

Contributors

@eliemichel

Requirement

This add-on requires specific versions of Blender, Chrome and RenderDoc. You can try with other versions but please try these before reporting an issue.

• Windows: This add-on is not available on Linux nor MacOS for technical reasons.
• Blender 2.93 or newer (Blender 3.0 works): https://www.blender.org/download/
• RenderDoc 1.13: https://renderdoc.org/builds
• Google Chrome (last version) -- or Microsoft Edge, started with a modified shortcut pointing to:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "SET RENDERDOC_HOOK_EGL=0 && START "" ^"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe^" --disable-gpu-sandbox --gpu-startup-dialog"

For more information, see walkthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Q7dbtXVZQ

Troubleshooting

See FAQ: https://github.com/eliemichel/MapsModelsImporter#troubleshooting
If you report an issue PLEASE PROVIDE A .rdc FILE!

Changelog

• Fix encoding error when filenames contain special characters
• Restore Google Earth fix

Contributors

@eliemichel

Requirement

This add-on requires specific versions of Blender, Chrome and RenderDoc. You can try with other versions but please try these before reporting an issue.

• Windows: This add-on is not available on Linux nor MacOS for technical reasons.
• Blender 2.93: https://www.blender.org/download/
• RenderDoc 1.13: https://renderdoc.org/builds
• Google Chrome (last version) -- or Microsoft Edge, started with a modified shortcut pointing to:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "SET RENDERDOC_HOOK_EGL=0 && START "" ^"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe^" --disable-gpu-sandbox --gpu-startup-dialog"

For more information, see walkthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Q7dbtXVZQ

Troubleshooting

See FAQ: https://github.com/eliemichel/MapsModelsImporter#troubleshooting
If you report an issue PLEASE PROVIDE A .rdc FILE!

Changelog

• Build for Blender 2.93 and RenderDoc 1.13

Contributors

@eliemichel

Requirement

This add-on requires specific versions of Blender, Chrome and RenderDoc. You can try with other versions but please try these before reporting an issue.

• Windows: This add-on is not available on Linux nor MacOS for technical reasons.
• Blender 2.82 or above (2.92 recommended): https://www.blender.org/download/
• RenderDoc 1.10 (NOT 1.11): https://renderdoc.org/builds
• Google Chrome (last version) -- or Microsoft Edge, started with a modified shortcut pointing to:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "SET RENDERDOC_HOOK_EGL=0 && START "" ^"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe^" --disable-gpu-sandbox --gpu-startup-dialog"

For more information, see walkthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Q7dbtXVZQ

Troubleshooting

See FAQ: https://github.com/eliemichel/MapsModelsImporter#troubleshooting
If you report an issue PLEASE PROVIDE A .rdc FILE!

Changelog

• Fix import from Google Maps that previous release had broken up.

Contributors

@eliemichel

This version is bugged, do not use

Requirement

This add-on requires specific versions of Blender, Chrome and RenderDoc. You can try with other versions but please try these before reporting an issue.

• Windows: This add-on is not available on Linux nor MacOS for technical reasons.
• Blender 2.82 or above (2.92 recommended): https://www.blender.org/download/
• RenderDoc 1.10 (NOT 1.11): https://renderdoc.org/builds
• Google Chrome (last version) -- or Microsoft Edge, started with a modified shortcut pointing to:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "SET RENDERDOC_HOOK_EGL=0 && START "" ^"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe^" --disable-gpu-sandbox --gpu-startup-dialog"

For more information, see walkthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Q7dbtXVZQ

Troubleshooting

See FAQ: https://github.com/eliemichel/MapsModelsImporter#troubleshooting
If you report an issue PLEASE PROVIDE A .rdc FILE!

Changelog

• Fix gaps in meshes using triangle strip topology
• Update Error Message for RenderDoc Version
• Fix Google Earth import

Contributors

@jokumo
@eliemichel

This is a Release Candidate version. If it is not working, consider trying the previous stable version.

Requirements

This add-on requires specific versions of Blender, Chrome and RenderDoc. You can try with other versions but please try these before reporting an issue.

• Windows: This add-on is not available on Linux nor MacOS for technical reasons.
• Blender 2.82 or above (2.91 recommended): https://www.blender.org/download/
• RenderDoc 1.10 (NOT 1.11): https://renderdoc.org/builds
• Google Chrome (last version) -- or Microsoft Edge, started with a modified shortcut pointing to:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "SET RENDERDOC_HOOK_EGL=0 && START "" ^"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe^" --disable-gpu-sandbox --gpu-startup-dialog"

For more information, see walkthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Q7dbtXVZQ

Troubleshooting

See FAQ: https://github.com/eliemichel/MapsModelsImporter#troubleshooting
If you report an issue PLEASE PROVIDE A .rdc FILE!

Changelog

• Fix DLL load fail

Requirements

This add-on requires specific versions of Blender, Chrome and RenderDoc. You can try with other versions but please try these before reporting an issue.

• Windows: This add-on is not available on Linux nor MacOS for technical reasons.
• Blender 2.82 or above (2.91 recommended): https://www.blender.org/download/
• RenderDoc 1.10 (NOT 1.11): https://renderdoc.org/builds
• Google Chrome (last version) -- or Microsoft Edge, started with a modified shortcut pointing to:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "SET RENDERDOC_HOOK_EGL=0 && START "" ^"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe^" --disable-gpu-sandbox --gpu-startup-dialog"

For more information, see walkthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Q7dbtXVZQ

Troubleshooting

See FAQ: https://github.com/eliemichel/MapsModelsImporter#troubleshooting
If you report an issue PLEASE PROVIDE A .rdc FILE!

Changelog

• Clearer error message especially when there is a mismatch between RenderDoc and Add-on version
• Adapt to Blender 2.91

Contributors

@jokumo
@eliemichel

Requirements

This add-on requires specific versions of Blender, Chrome and RenderDoc. You can try with other versions but please try these before reporting an issue.

• Windows: This add-on is not available on Linux nor MacOS for technical reasons.
• Blender 2.82 or above (2.90 is the most recent one tested): https://www.blender.org/download/
• RenderDoc 1.10 or above (1.10 is the most recent one tested): https://renderdoc.org/builds
• Google Chrome (last version) -- or Microsoft Edge, started with a modified shortcut pointing to:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "SET RENDERDOC_HOOK_EGL=0 && START "" ^"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe^" --disable-gpu-sandbox --gpu-startup-dialog"

For more information, see walkthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Q7dbtXVZQ

Troubleshooting

See FAQ: https://github.com/eliemichel/MapsModelsImporter#troubleshooting
If you report an issue PLEASE PROVIDE A .rdc FILE!

Changelog

• Update to RenderDoc v1.10
• Handle captures with missing textures

Requirements

This add-on requires specific versions of Blender, Chrome and RenderDoc. You can try with other versions but please try these before reporting an issue.

• Windows: This add-on is not available on Linux nor MacOS for technical reasons.
• Blender 2.82 or above (2.90 is the most recent one tested): https://www.blender.org/download/
• RenderDoc 1.5 or above (1.10 is the most recent one tested): https://renderdoc.org/builds
• Google Chrome (last version) -- or Microsoft Edge, started with a modified shortcut pointing to:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "SET RENDERDOC_HOOK_EGL=0 && START "" ^"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe^" --disable-gpu-sandbox --gpu-startup-dialog"

For more information, see walkthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Q7dbtXVZQ

Troubleshooting

See FAQ: https://github.com/eliemichel/MapsModelsImporter#troubleshooting
If you report an issue PLEASE PROVIDE A .rdc FILE!

Changelog

• Update to RenderDoc v1.10

Requirements

This add-on requires specific versions of Blender, Chrome and RenderDoc. You can try with other versions but please try these before reporting an issue.

NB: Do not use the last RenderDoc v1.10 with this version, downgrade to v1.9.

• Windows: This add-on is not available on Linux nor MacOS for technical reasons.
• Blender 2.82 or above (2.90 is the most recent one tested): https://www.blender.org/download/
• RenderDoc 1.5 to 1.9: https://renderdoc.org/builds
• Google Chrome (last version), started with a modified shortcut pointing to:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "SET RENDERDOC_HOOK_EGL=0 && START "" ^"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe^" --disable-gpu-sandbox --gpu-startup-dialog"

For more information, see walkthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Q7dbtXVZQ

Troubleshooting

See FAQ: https://github.com/eliemichel/MapsModelsImporter#troubleshooting
If you report an issue PLEASE PROVIDE A .rdc FILE!

Changelog

• Handle captures of Google Earth done once progressive loading has finished.

Requirements

This add-on requires specific versions of Blender, Chrome and RenderDoc. You can try with other versions but please try these before reporting an issue.

• Windows: This add-on is not available on Linux nor MacOS for technical reasons.
• Blender 2.82 or above: https://www.blender.org/download/Blender2.82/blender-2.82-windows64.msi/
• RenderDoc 1.5 or above: https://renderdoc.org/builds
• Google Chrome (last version), started with a modified shortcut pointing to:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "SET RENDERDOC_HOOK_EGL=0 && START "" ^"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe^" --disable-gpu-sandbox --gpu-startup-dialog"

For more information, see walkthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Q7dbtXVZQ

Troubleshooting

See FAQ: https://github.com/eliemichel/MapsModelsImporter#troubleshooting
If you report an issue PLEASE PROVIDE A .rdc FILE!

Changelog

• Add support for http://mapy.cz
• Fix Earth import (it was crashing when trying to import a capture with no block limit)

(RC: Release Candidate, meaning that it might still be subject to bugs, if so 1. please report them 2. use the previous version in the meantime.)

Requirements

This add-on requires specific versions of Blender, Chrome and RenderDoc. You can try with other versions but please try these before reporting an issue.

• Windows: This add-on is not available on Linux nor MacOS for technical reasons.
• Blender 2.82 or above: https://www.blender.org/download/Blender2.82/blender-2.82-windows64.msi/
• RenderDoc 1.5 or above: https://renderdoc.org/builds
• Google Chrome (last version), started with a modified shortcut pointing to:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "SET RENDERDOC_HOOK_EGL=0 && START "" ^"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe^" --disable-gpu-sandbox --gpu-startup-dialog"

For more information, see walkthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Q7dbtXVZQ

Troubleshooting

See FAQ: https://github.com/eliemichel/MapsModelsImporter#troubleshooting
If you report an issue PLEASE PROVIDE A .rdc FILE!

Changelog

• Now supporting Google Earth on top of Google Maps.

Contributors

@eliemichel
All the people giving feedback about troubles and tricks!

Requirements

This add-on requires specific versions of Blender, Chrome and RenderDoc. You can try with other versions but please try these before reporting an issue.

• Windows: This add-on is not available on Linux nor MacOS for technical reasons.
• Blender 2.82: https://www.blender.org/download/Blender2.82/blender-2.82-windows64.msi/
• RenderDoc 1.6: https://renderdoc.org/builds
• Google Chrome (last version), started with a modified shortcut pointing to:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "SET RENDERDOC_HOOK_EGL=0 && START "" ^"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe^" --disable-gpu-sandbox --gpu-startup-dialog"

For more information, see walkthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Q7dbtXVZQ

Troubleshooting

See FAQ: https://github.com/eliemichel/MapsModelsImporter#troubleshooting
If you report an issue PLEASE PROVIDE A .rdc FILE!

Changelog

• Add clearer error message, in particular for wrong captures (using google earth instead of maps, or not moving in viewport while capturing.)
• Disable reference matrix, it was intended to auto stitch several captures but never worked, and was confusing to many users.
• Make scale clearer in code (see #40)
• Add many help notes in README

Contributors

@eliemichel
All the people giving feedback about troubles and tricks!

Requirements

This add-on requires specific versions of Blender, Chrome and RenderDoc. You can try with other versions but please try these before reporting an issue.

• Windows: This add-on is not available on Linux nor MacOS for technical reasons.
• Blender 2.82: https://www.blender.org/download/Blender2.82/blender-2.82-windows64.msi/
• RenderDoc 1.6: https://renderdoc.org/builds
• Google Chrome (last version), started with a modified shortcut pointing to:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "SET RENDERDOC_HOOK_EGL=0 && START "" ^"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe^" --disable-gpu-sandbox --gpu-startup-dialog"

For more information, see walkthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Q7dbtXVZQ

Troubleshooting

See FAQ: https://github.com/eliemichel/MapsModelsImporter#troubleshooting
If you report an issue PLEASE PROVIDE A .rdc FILE!

Changelog

• Adapt to Chrome 80.0, using DirectX API rather than OpenGL with ANGLE
• Recompile binaries for RenderDoc 1.6
• Handle some more GPUs
• More robust first drawcall detection
• Port to Blender 2.82
• Support versions of Blender installed through Steam

Contributors

@eliemichel
@mnmly
All the people giving feedback about troubles and tricks!

(RC: Release Candidate, meaning that it might still be subject to bugs, if so 1. please report them 2. use the previous version in the meantime.)

Requirements

This add-on requires specific versions of Blender, Chrome and RenderDoc. You can try with other versions but please try these before reporting an issue.

• Windows: This add-on is not available on Linux nor MacOS for technical reasons.
• Blender 2.82: https://www.blender.org/download/Blender2.82/blender-2.82-windows64.msi/
• RenderDoc 1.6: https://renderdoc.org/builds
• Google Chrome (last version)

Changelog

• Support versions of Blender installed through Steam
• Handle some more GPUs

Contributors

@eliemichel